Self-Reflection Paper Instructions 

Social Psychology offers us a lot of insight into why we are the way we are. It shows us 

patterns of how we think and gives us an understanding of what has shaped us. The 

requirement for this paper are for you to take a look at yourself and focus on two distinct 

concepts of yourself. The first concept is the past concept: pick three things you have 

learned this semester that relate to how you have become the person that you are. For 

example, take the idea of socialization and explain an event in your life that has happened

and relates to this idea. The other concept is the future concept: focus on two things that 

you can take from this class to shape who you are going to be in the future. With both of 

these, make sure to completely explain the ideas that you are expressing from the book. 

Each paper must meet the following standards: 

1.

Double Spaced

2.

Time New Roman 12 point font

3.

6 pages in length/No more than 8 pages 

a.

Page number/Each page must be numbered 

4.

No header/do not include any of the following 

a.

Your name

b.

My name 

c.

Class

d.

Date

e.

Assignment 

5.

MLA Citations of any quotes from the book 

6.

Past concept

a.

Three  ideas that relate to your past

b.

One personal example for each idea   

7.

Future Concept

a.

Two ideas that relate to changing yourself in the future 

b.

How you plan on implementing them  

8.

*Citation page/only if using outside sources other than the textbook 

a.

If needed, this page does not count as part of your page length